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Things to Do in Bath with Kids: 12 Family Picks

Things to do in Bath with kids, from the Roman Baths' family trails to free museums, the Royal Victoria Park playground and a café with a kids' menu: child prices, family tickets and October half-term events, checked on each venue's own site.

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Things to Do in Bath with Kids: 12 Family Picks

In short: the best things to do in Bath with kids are The Roman Baths (two family trails and a children's audio guide, with 5 and unders free), the Herschel Museum of Astronomy (free for under 18s, with Space Lego in the Star Vault) and the playground in Royal Victoria Park, which is free. Book the Roman Baths online: every ticket is £2 less. Checked on each venue's own site on 21 October 2026.

🏛️Best first visitThe Roman BathsFamily of four £59 on Nov weekdays 🔭Free for kidsHerschel MuseumUnder 18s free with an adult 🛝Free all dayRoyal Victoria ParkAerial runway, skate park, crazy golf 🥪Kids' menuBoston Tea PartyMains £7.45 with a drink

Things to do in Bath with kids, as of October 2026: six museums and exhibitions, two parks, three places to eat and a toy shop, all from our directory, with child prices, trails and family tickets from each venue's own website. Most are in the city centre. We left out Prior Park and the Bath Skyline only because we could not read the National Trust's pages today.

What are the best things to do in Bath with kids?

The Roman Baths for the wow, a free museum for the rest of the day, and a park when they need to run. This table has what each one costs for a child.

PlaceChildFamily ticketFor kids
The Roman Baths£16.50 weekdays from 1 Nov£59 weekdays (2 adults, 2 to 4 children)Two trails, audio guide
Herschel MuseumFree under 18Not neededStar Vault, free trail
The Holburne MuseumFree 18 and underNot neededSpace to Make
Victoria Art Gallery£4, £5.50 from 20 Nov£20.50, £27 from 20 NovThe Snowman from 20 Nov
The Jane Austen Centre£9.95£40.95 (2 adults, up to 3 children)Regency dressing up
Museum of Bath at Work£5£20Half-term films
Royal Victoria ParkFreeFreePlayground
Alexandra ParkFreeFreePlay area, views

Which Bath museums are best for children?

Two children sitting on the wooden floor of a panelled Georgian museum room in Bath, filling in an activity trail on clipboards beside cases of brass instruments

The Roman Baths first, then one of the free ones. Under 18s pay nothing at the Herschel and the Holburne.

The Roman Baths

The Great Bath at The Roman Baths lit at dusk, with its columned terrace and the Abbey tower behind

Two family trails, one for preschoolers and one for primary-age children, plus a children's audio guide narrated by Michael Rosen. The museum suggests allowing 1½ to 2 hours.

  • 💷 Child (6 to 18) £16.50 weekdays, £19.50 weekends from 1 Nov
  • 👶 5 and under free
  • 🎟️ Book online, £2 less than on the day
  • 📍 City Centre

Good to know: pushchairs stay in the reception hall because of steep steps, and a few baby carriers can be borrowed. Until 31 October a child ticket is £19.50 on weekdays and £22 at weekends.

Herschel Museum of Astronomy

The front door of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath, with its plaque and open sign

The townhouse where William Herschel discovered Uranus. The Star Vault is the children's corner, with Space Lego and crafts, and the Top 10 Treasures trail is free from the desk.

  • 💷 Under 18s free with an adult, adults £12.50
  • ⏰ Tue to Sun 10am to 5pm
  • 📅 Open Mondays in school holidays
  • 📍 City Centre

Good to know: the house is on three floors with stairs. On Sunday 1 November it closes at 2.30pm.

The Holburne Museum

The glass and ceramic garden extension of The Holburne Museum in Bath, with café tables on the terrace

An art museum that is easy with children: Space to Make is a free creative area on the ground floor, and the galleries have Discovery Drawers to open. Ask at the desk for the current activity trail.

  • 💷 18 and under free, adults £16.50
  • ⏰ Daily 10am to 5pm, Sun 11am
  • ☕ Ground floor and gardens free to explore
  • 📍 Bathwick
A blue-walled gallery hung with paintings around a green velvet sofa at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

The free Upper Gallery has colouring sheets and trails. From 20 November to 28 February 2027, The World of The Snowman fills the exhibition rooms, with an interactive family activity area.

  • 💷 Snowman child £5.50, family £27
  • 👶 Under 6s free
  • 📖 Toddler Storytime, Thursdays 10.30am
  • 📍 City Centre

Good to know: there is no café, and the gallery asks that no food is eaten inside.

The Jane Austen Centre

A costumed Regency figure beside the front door of The Jane Austen Centre in Bath

Best for older children who like dressing up: there are Regency costumes to try and costumed character actors. Upstairs, Jane's Juvenilia Afternoon Tea is a mini high tea for up to 12s.

  • 💷 Child £9.95, family £40.95
  • 🍰 Children's tea £14.50
  • ⏳ Allow at least 1 hour
  • 📍 City Centre

Museum of Bath at Work

A large iron gear wheel in front of a reconstructed old shopfront at the Museum of Bath at Work

Working machinery and the story of Plasticine, invented in Bath in 1897. The family ticket is the cheapest in this guide.

  • 💷 Child £5, family £20
  • ⏰ Daily to 31 Oct, then weekends in November
  • 🗓️ Closed December and January
  • 📍 City Centre

Where can kids run around for free in Bath?

Children on a wooden climbing frame and zip line in a Bath park in autumn, with a parent watching and Georgian stone terraces on the hill beyond

Royal Victoria Park for the playground, Alexandra Park for the view. Both are free to enter.

Royal Victoria Park

Pink flower beds around a stone urn on the lawns of Royal Victoria Park, Bath

A park with a children's play area that has a climbing dome, a double aerial runway and inclusive seat swings, plus a skateboard park.

  • 💷 Free to enter
  • ⛳ Crazy golf
  • ☕ Café open 8am to 5pm all year
  • 📍 City Centre

Good to know: on-road pay and display bays nearby are free for the first hour. The Bath on Ice rink opens on 20 November.

Alexandra Park

The view from Alexandra Park over Bath's stone buildings and the railway

A hilltop park with a children's play area, table tennis and a viewing area over the city. Buses run from Bath bus station to Wells Road.

  • 🚼 Tarmac path round the park, mostly wheelchair accessible
  • 🚻 Public toilets
  • 🥐 Choux Box Patisserie in the park
  • 📍 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat

Where can you eat in Bath with kids?

A family lunch in a bright Bath café, a toddler in a wooden high chair and a girl with a toastie and milkshake, honey-coloured stone buildings outside the window

Kingsmead Square has the easy pair: a café with a proper kids' menu and a gelato bar on the same square.

Boston Tea Party, Kingsmead Square

Yellow tables and blue chairs outside Boston Tea Party on Kingsmead Square, Bath, in the sun

The kids' menu is for 10 and unders, with a maze and colouring on the back. Mains such as a cheese toastie come with chips and a juice, lemonade or milk.

  • 💷 Mains £7.45, breakfast from £4.30
  • ☕ Babyccino free
  • ⏰ Daily to 4pm, from 8am at weekends
  • 📍 City Centre

Good to know: no bookings, just walk in.

Swoon Gelato

A pistachio gelato cone with a nut-dipped rim held up outside Swoon on Kingsmead Square, Bath

Gelato and sorbetto made from scratch with Somerset milk. Open late enough for an after-dinner cone.

  • ⏰ Sun to Thu 11am to 9pm, Fri and Sat to 10pm
  • 📍 Kingsmead Square, City Centre

Franco Manca Bath

Franco Manca's terrace and planters under the stone railway arches at Brunel Square, Bath

Sourdough pizza in the railway arches by the station, handy after a train in. The kids' menu is a pizza, drink and gelato for £8.25, and a margherita is £9.95.

  • 🍕 Marinara £7.95, margherita £9.95
  • 🚼 Baby changing
  • 🎟️ Book online
  • 📍 Brunel Square, City Centre

My Small World Toy Store

The green shopfront of My Small World Toy Store in SouthGate, Bath, with a toy zebra by the door

An independent toy shop for the walk back to the station, sorted by age from newborn to 7 and over.

  • 🧸 Djeco, Maileg, Tonies, Le Toy Van
  • 📍 St Lawrence Street, City Centre

What's on for kids in Bath at October half-term?

Half-term events listed on the venues' own sites for 24 October to 1 November 2026:

  • The Roman Baths: Gaius Medicus, a costumed Roman doctor, and a free Roman Remedy Making drop-in, 24 October to 1 November.
  • Herschel Museum: make a pinhole camera, 24 October to 1 November, 10am to 4pm, free with entry.
  • Museum of Bath at Work: 1970s children's animation and puppet films, Saturday 24 October at 2pm, for ages 5 to 11.
  • The Holburne Museum: a free family drop-in making postcards on 27 October, and Halloween Glow Jars on 29 October at £2 a ticket.
  • Victoria Art Gallery: Mini Makers, 28 to 30 October, 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Things to do in Bath with kids: questions

What is free for kids in Bath?

Under 18s get into the Holburne Museum and the Herschel Museum free, and Royal Victoria Park and Alexandra Park are free to enter. The Victoria Art Gallery's permanent collection and Upper Gallery are free for everyone.

Do children pay at the Roman Baths?

Children aged 5 and under go free. From 1 November 2026, a child ticket for ages 6 to 18 booked online is £16.50 on weekdays and £19.50 at weekends; on the day it costs £2 more.

Can you take a pushchair into the Roman Baths?

No. Pushchairs are left in the main reception hall because of steep steps and narrow walkways, and the Roman Baths lends a limited number of baby carriers on request.

Where can kids eat in Bath?

Boston Tea Party on Kingsmead Square has a kids' menu for 10 and unders, with mains at £7.45 including chips and a drink. Swoon, on the same square, makes its own gelato.

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